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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (28 October 2024)
First, some housekeeping: I’m still struggling to conciliate the blog with other commitments, but instead of going on yet another hiatus, I’m shifting into a biweekly rhythm, so the longer Thursday posts will now appear only every other week (the … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged Artie Simek, Bill Everett, Christopher Rule, covers, D. Bruce Berry, Dick Ayers, Dr. Mabuse, George Klein, horror, Jack Kirby, Journey into Mystery, Kamandi, movies, politics, Stan Goldberg, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish
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A couple of offbeat spy novels
When I’m not compulsively watching spy shows on TV, spy fiction tends to occupy a sizeable portion of my reading time, so I thought I’d share a few impressions on a couple of novels that approach the genre in very … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged 54, Cold War, espionage, G.K. Chesterton, politics, The Man Who Was Thursday, Wu Ming
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80’s-style action comics
Predator: Concrete Jungle #2 With its foul-mouthed, sweaty badass men (and women), anti-government attitude, and casualty-heavy set pieces, the 1980s’ wave of outrageous action movies had a specific vibe that has become affectionately known in some circles as ‘absurd macho … Continue reading
Third Gotham Calling Manifesto
Detective Comics #483 I started this blog a decade ago in the spirit of entertainment – for others as much as for myself. I spent much of my life reading and thinking about Batman comics, so I wanted to share … Continue reading
Posted in MANIFESTO
Tagged Brendan McCarthy, David Lopez, Erica Henderson, espionage, movies, politics, science fiction, western, Will Pfeifer
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Even more Batman movies without Batman – mainstream action edition!
Every once in a while, I like to spotlight films that, although they don’t feature the Dark Knight himself, share enough of Batman comics’ quirky vibe to be of interest for fans of that sort of stuff. This time, my … Continue reading
More thoughts on 21st-century spy shows: Cold War edition
When I wrote about the TV series Slow Horses, last month, I mentioned how one of the departures from the source novels was that the show didn’t take advantage of the potential of sleeper agents to act as metaphors for … Continue reading
Posted in SPYCRAFT & WARFARE
Tagged A Spy Among Friends, Agent Carter, Alfred Pennyworth, Cold War, Deutschland 83, espionage, Glória, John le Carré, Kathryn Immonen, movies, Pennyworth, politics, Rich Ellis, Spy/Master, The Americans, The Game, The Sleepers, The Sympathizer, Vietnam
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Spotlight on Lucky Luke, 1958-1967 – part 2
As mentioned last week, I’ve been rereading the first decade of René Goscinny’s run on the Belgian series Lucky Luke, illustrated by Morris, and trying to figure out what made those comics work (and why they resonated so much with … Continue reading
Posted in WILD WEST
Tagged Charlier, Lucky Luke, Morris, movies, politics, René Goscinny, Uderzo, western
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Spotlight on Lucky Luke, 1958-1967 – part 1
Once again, it’s that time of year when I revisit Eurocomics that marked my childhood, now read through older eyes, and write about some of the dimensions I missed as a kid. Today, I’ll focus on the first decade of … Continue reading
Posted in WILD WEST
Tagged Lucky Luke, Morris, politics, René Goscinny, Strontium Dog, western
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Some thoughts on Alex Garland’s Civil War
Just some loose thoughts on the Civil War film… No, not the MCU one, I’m talking about the one set in a dystopia where secessionist states are fighting against the US president. Matt Zoller Seitz has summed up the initial … Continue reading
Posted in WEBS OF FICTION
Tagged 2000AD, Alex Garland, Civil War, East of West, Judge Dredd, Martha Washington, movies, politics, science fiction, Scout
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Some thoughts on 21st-century spy shows
Secret agents and international intrigue have really come back with a vengeance in the past decade or so. The War on Terror and, later, the renewed tension between the West and Russia seem to have stimulated the public’s appetite for … Continue reading